Best car boot sale and charity shop bargains.

moneysavingmumofone

I bought 2 Louis Vuitton bags for £3.99 each a few years back. A shop near my mums used to do kids clothes 3 for £1. My niece had just been born and i managed to find a brand new dress/top set in newborn size! Got my son a couple of bits so 33p each! (approx. ) Also a few months later managed to get her another brand new dress/top outfit in there for £1.

moneysavingmumofone

iieee wrote: »

I haven't found anything as exciting as you lot but a couple of charity shops around here sell their baby clothes for 50p which is great for us. There's always tons of Next stuff in there. I even got a snowsuit for 50p once!

Unfortunately the prices for adult clothes are rubbish - women's tops £4.80, even when worn and bobbly and from a cheap shop to begin with. :rolleyes:

Same here, the charity shops near me and my mum have gone downhill so much. They charge £4 for a plain tshirt from primark that costs half that in the first place. :rolleyes: The kids clothes are awful now too, I used to be able to buy my son lots of lovely clothes for 50p each but rarely find anything now. My latest bargain was well over a year ago now, a lovely bhs coat for £3. Fitted him perfectly and lasted ages.

goanmad

There was a report in the Guardian recently claiming that the credit crunch has affected charity shops. They aren't getting so many donations because people tend to hold on to things when there's a recession on hence the rise in prices to increase profits.

I hate it when I see shrunken up Primark teeshirts priced at £3.90. Some Chazza shops seem to think Primark's a designer make and even write PRIMARK on the price label. I was in a shop the other day and a Primark jacket was £9.99 and a vintage Jaegar one was £3!!

I splashed out today, paid £4.95 for a gorgeous vintage 1970's sundress. I hope we get a good summer, it'll be a fab festival dress. Mind you, I also bought a fold-up transparent 1950's mac for 75p so I suppose I could wear it over the top of the dress! Oh yep, also got a Typhoon enamel retro-style coffee jar for 50p for my Bf to keep his decaff in. :j

One of our local car boot sales restarts tomorrow, if the weather improves I might have to take a trip. I'll keep you posted. xx

moneysavingmumofone

moneysavingmumofone wrote: »

I bought 2 Louis Vuitton bags for £3.99 each a few years back. A shop near my mums used to do kids clothes 3 for £1. My niece had just been born and i managed to find a brand new dress/top set in newborn size! Got my son a couple of bits so 33p each! (approx. ) Also a few months later managed to get her another brand new dress/top outfit in there for £1.

Just looking on the net and found this:

Louis Vuitton expertly crafts their handbags out of one continuous piece of of fabric or leather so if the item in question has cut off/asymmetrical logos or a seam at the bottom of the bag, it is not authentic.

My bag has a seam at the bottom and cut off logos so must be fake. Never mind. (although they were actually only £3.49 each so not bad for a nice bag)

goanmad

My bag has a seam at the bottom and cut off logos so must be fake. Never mind. (although they were actually only £3.49 each so not bad for a nice bag)

Well if they looked good enough to fool you I doubt if anyone else would ever know! Still a great price for a bag whatever way you look at it.

Sootzer

Great thread...
BNWT Samsonite baby change bag rrp 49.99 @ car boot £2
Gamecube console with 2 controllers and 8 great games £10
3 BNWT genuine ECKO tops for £5
Petrol leaf blower £5!

GrammarGirl

I really must start going to car boots and charity shops more often. This thread is so inspiring!

Anyone know of any good ones in Leeds/surrounding?

goanmad

GrammarGirl, try the website https://www.carbootjunction.com as it has a comprehensive list of all car boot sales throughout the UK.

We couldn't go to the local wednesday one today as I'd forgotten the camper was having it's MOT (fingers crossed it's all better for the weekend).

Ballymackeonan

I've got a great local charity shop (independent) - purchases have included a Furla bag for £2, a couple of Versace little black dresses and a Jaeger silk wrap dress for £5 each, and I've just got the OH a Burberry lambswool jumper for £2 in another one.. Other buys include a couple of great 1950s vintage coats, one in museum condition...

anoraktoysuk

A few years ago before every Tom, !!!!!! & Harry was on ebay, I bought 2 Moneyboxes in the form of American footballers at the local Carboot for 50p each, sold the pair for £400 to a buyer in Taiwan. Another time I paid 50p for a Carebear Cousin & sold it to a buyer in America for £320.